The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 93 71 92
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +21
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 26 38 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.038% 1.413% 0.702%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.460% 8.017% 5.208%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 7
Average daily rate £300 £313 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £350 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £31.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
583 474 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 23.28% 17.63% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 203 162
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 42 21
Average hourly rate £15.14 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.78% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.27 £12.00 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.20 £32.50 £173.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland Computer Science Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Science across the Scotland region.

Scotland Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the Scotland region.

Scotland Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Glasgow -6 18 - - 13
Edinburgh +3 4 £300 +87.50% 13
Aberdeen -8 1 - - 3
Falkirk - 1 - -
Stirling - 1 - -
Ayrshire - - - -
East Lothian - - - -
Fife - - - -
Renfrewshire - - - -
West Lothian - - - -
South Lanarkshire - - - - 1
Dundee - - - -
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science.

1 34 (64.15%) Degree
2 21 (39.62%) SQL
3 17 (32.08%) Finance
4 16 (30.19%) Mathematics
5 14 (26.42%) Banking
5 14 (26.42%) Windows
6 12 (22.64%) C++
7 10 (18.87%) .NET
7 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
7 10 (18.87%) Sybase
8 9 (16.98%) Java
8 9 (16.98%) Multithreading
9 8 (15.09%) Physics
10 7 (13.21%) Project Management
10 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
10 7 (13.21%) Linux
10 7 (13.21%) OO
10 7 (13.21%) Software Engineering
11 6 (11.32%) Spring
11 6 (11.32%) jQuery
11 6 (11.32%) J2SE
11 6 (11.32%) UNIX
11 6 (11.32%) RDBMS
11 6 (11.32%) C#
11 6 (11.32%) DB2
11 6 (11.32%) CSS
12 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2
12 5 (9.434%) JUnit
12 5 (9.434%) Microsoft
12 5 (9.434%) ISEB

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (18.87%) .NET
2 6 (11.32%) Spring
2 6 (11.32%) jQuery
2 6 (11.32%) J2SE
2 6 (11.32%) CSS
3 5 (9.434%) HTML5
4 4 (7.547%) XML
5 3 (5.660%) J2EE
5 3 (5.660%) HTML
5 3 (5.660%) ASP.NET
5 3 (5.660%) JMS
5 3 (5.660%) WinForms
5 3 (5.660%) YUI
5 3 (5.660%) Software Packaging
5 3 (5.660%) .NET Framework
5 3 (5.660%) CSS3
6 2 (3.774%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (3.774%) RESTful
6 2 (3.774%) SAP PI
6 2 (3.774%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.660%) WebLogic
1 3 (5.660%) Tomcat
1 3 (5.660%) GlassFish
2 1 (1.887%) IIS
2 1 (1.887%) Apache
2 1 (1.887%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.887%) CMS
2 1 (1.887%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.887%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.887%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) InfoPath
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.774%) MS Office
2 1 (1.887%) MS Project
2 1 (1.887%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.774%) SmartPlant
2 1 (1.887%) Tridion
2 1 (1.887%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.887%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) SMS
1 1 (1.887%) WAN
1 1 (1.887%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.887%) DNS
1 1 (1.887%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) RDBMS
2 6 (11.32%) DB2
3 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (5.660%) GIS
5 2 (3.774%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.774%) SAP BI
6 1 (1.887%) MySQL
6 1 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.887%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.887%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (9.434%) JUnit
2 3 (5.660%) CruiseControl
2 3 (5.660%) Bugzilla
2 3 (5.660%) JIRA
2 3 (5.660%) Subversion
2 3 (5.660%) Hudson
2 3 (5.660%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.660%) Trac
3 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.887%) MSI
3 1 (1.887%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.887%) NUnit
3 1 (1.887%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.887%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.887%) MSTest
3 1 (1.887%) Selenium
General
1 17 (32.08%) Finance
2 14 (26.42%) Banking
3 5 (9.434%) Front Office
4 3 (5.660%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.887%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.887%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (56.60%) Developer
2 10 (18.87%) Analyst
3 8 (15.09%) C++ Developer
4 5 (9.434%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.434%) Java Developer
5 3 (5.660%) Programmer
5 3 (5.660%) SQL Developer
5 3 (5.660%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.660%) Front-End Developer
5 3 (5.660%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.774%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Programmer
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 2 (3.774%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (3.774%) Project Analyst
6 2 (3.774%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.774%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (3.774%) Applications Developer
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.19%) Mathematics
2 8 (15.09%) Physics
3 3 (5.660%) NHS
3 3 (5.660%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (1.887%) PMI
4 1 (1.887%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.887%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (1.887%) SaaS
4 1 (1.887%) Streaming Media
4 1 (1.887%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.887%) Social Network
4 1 (1.887%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Windows
2 7 (13.21%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) UNIX
4 5 (9.434%) Windows XP
5 3 (5.660%) Windows Vista
5 3 (5.660%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.887%) Android
7 1 (1.887%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (1.887%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) Multithreading
2 7 (13.21%) Project Management
2 7 (13.21%) OO
2 7 (13.21%) Software Engineering
3 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2
3 5 (9.434%) Business Analysis
3 5 (9.434%) Software Testing
4 4 (7.547%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (7.547%) Time Management
4 4 (7.547%) Data Management
4 4 (7.547%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (7.547%) Validation
5 3 (5.660%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (5.660%) MVC
5 3 (5.660%) Process Management
5 3 (5.660%) Change Management
5 3 (5.660%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (5.660%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (3.774%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (3.774%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) SQL
2 12 (22.64%) C++
3 9 (16.98%) Java
4 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
5 6 (11.32%) C#
6 5 (9.434%) Scala
7 4 (7.547%) C
7 4 (7.547%) Perl
7 4 (7.547%) T-SQL
8 3 (5.660%) VB.NET
8 3 (5.660%) Python
9 2 (3.774%) PHP
9 2 (3.774%) VB
9 2 (3.774%) VBA
10 1 (1.887%) VBScript
10 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.887%) XPath
10 1 (1.887%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (64.15%) Degree
2 5 (9.434%) ISEB
3 3 (5.660%) PMP
3 3 (5.660%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.774%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.774%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.887%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.887%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.887%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.660%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.547%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.660%) SCCM
2 1 (1.887%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.887%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Sybase
2 5 (9.434%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.547%) Oracle
4 2 (3.774%) DevExpress
4 2 (3.774%) Business Objects
4 2 (3.774%) SAP
5 1 (1.887%) Adobe
5 1 (1.887%) Sun
5 1 (1.887%) NetApp
5 1 (1.887%) Citrix
5 1 (1.887%) Alterian
5 1 (1.887%) VMware
5 1 (1.887%) Google
5 1 (1.887%) Sencha
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